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scores
for
nonattendance).
Beyond
the
two
freebies,
missed
pop
quizzes
or
in-‐class
assignments
cannot
be
made
up
and
are
not
“excused”
for
any
reason
whatsoever.
Final
Exam:
[28%]
Your
centrally
scheduled
final
exam
will
consist
of
a
group
of
multiple-‐choice
questions
and
short-‐answer
questions.
University
policy
requires
that
I
offer
supplemental
and
deferred
finals.
That
final
will
be
worth
28%
of
the
semester
grade
and
may
differ
in
structure
from
the
regular
final
exam.
There
will
be
a
non-‐credit
practice
midterm
on
MyCourses.
Exam
Questions:
[2%]
Once
during
the
term
you
will
be
given
the
opportunity
to
submit
a
question
that
may
be
used
on
the
final
exam.
This
assignment
cannot
be
made
up.
Conference
Participation:
[10%]
This
mark
will
represent
your
performance
on
short
assignments
for
conference
sections
and
in-‐class
discussion.
Your
lowest
mark
will
be
dropped
(for
instance,
if
you
miss
a
session).
If
you
make
an
exceptional
contribution
to
the
course
in
some
other
way,
it
will
be
recognized
in
your
mark
for
conference
participation.
Rude
or
disruptive
behavior
toward
classmates
or
teachers
will
lead
to
a
significant
reduction
in
your
semester
participation
mark,
or
to
a
“0”
in
this
category.
Group
Presentation:
[10%]
Once
during
the
semester,
you
will
be
part
of
a
group
responsible
for
a
10-‐minute
presentation
on
the
assigned
readings
at
the
beginning
of
your
assigned
conference
session.
Your
task
will
be
to
come
up
with
a
list
of
questions
for
the
readings
and
to
bring
in
a
real-‐world
example
to
which
the
readings
could
be
applied.
Dates
will
be
assigned
in
the
first
conference
session.
Short
Papers:
[15%]
For
most
discussion
meetings,
a
few
students
in
each
section
will
each
write
short
750-‐1000
word
(3-‐4
page)
papers
on
a
pre-‐assigned
topic.
Dates
will
be
assigned
in
the
first
conference
session.
Papers
are
graded
according
to
a
standard
grid
(we
will
hand
it
out
with
the
assignment).
Because
of
the
volume
of
papers,
we
cannot
provide
other
written
comments
on
your
finished
product.
However,
we
will
be
happy
to
meet
with
you
during
office
hours
to
talk
about
your
paper.
Term
Paper:
[25%]
Toward
the
end
of
the
term,
you
will
submit
a
single
analytical
paper
on
a
topic
to
be
announced
during
the
term.
Papers
are
graded
according
to
a
standard
grid
(we
will
hand
this
out
with
the
assignment).
Because
of
the
volume
of
papers,
we
cannot
provide
other
written
comments
on
your
finished
product.
However,
we
will
be
happy
to
meet
with
you
during
office
hours
to
talk
about
your
paper.
We
will
also
provide
you
with
time
off
from
conferences
and
extra
office
hours
to
meet
with
us
before
the
paper
is
due.
Additionally,
students
will
have
an
opportunity
to
propose
alternative
projects
to
the
professor
should
they
have
a
particularly
interesting
alternative
to
the
analytical
paper
assignment
in
mind.
3
Resources:
I.
You:
“There
are
those
who
think
that
the
speaker
has
a
function
to
perform,
and
the
hearer
none.
They
think
it
only
right
that
the
speaker
shall
come
with
his
lecture
carefully
thought
out
and
prepared,
while
they,
without
consideration
or
thought
of
their
obligations,
rush
in
and
take
their
seats
exactly
as
if
they
had
come
to
dinner,
to
have
a
good
time
while
others
work
hard.
Those
people
bite.”
–
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
Although
this
is
a
large
lecture
course,
your
participation
is
essential.
Listen
carefully.
Take
lots
of
notes
on
lectures
and
readings.
Take
advantage
of
opportunities
to
participate.
Ask
questions
in
lecture
or
in
conference.
Use
our
office
hours.
II.
Your
prof
and
TA:
See
page
1.
III.
Required
Readings:
1.
Visit
McGill’s
“new”
MyCourses
(http://www.mcgill.ca/lms/)
to
check
for
the
official
course
schedule
(and
changes
thereto),
announcements,
reading
assignments
and
questions,
links
to
readings,
supplemental
material,
etc.
Changes
to
the
class
schedule
will
be
announced
on
the
website
or
in
class.
You
can
also
use
MyCourses
for
the
discussion
board,
to
check
your
marks,
or
to
take
the
practice
exam
(when
it’s
ready).
You
should
visit
at
least
twice
a
week,
or
subscribe
to
stay
up
to
date
with
announcements,
etc.
2.
A
coursepack,
available
from
the
McGill
Bookstore
and
on
reserve
at
McLennan-‐Redpath
Library.
Although
the
course
has
remained
somewhat
consistent
since
Fall
2008,
course
readings
differ
slightly
each
term
so
if
you
have
a
used
packet,
you
will
need
to
go
to
the
library
and
photocopy
new
readings.
Coursepacks
from
before
2008
will
not
be
of
much
use.
3.
Additional
“recommended
readings”
may
be
placed
on
reserve
at
the
McLennan-‐Redpath
reserve
desk,
and
some
material
may
be
available
electronically
through
the
course
website.
IV.
Additional
University
Resources:
The
University
has
some
additional
resources
to
help
you
out.
These
are
not
remedial
programs,
and
often
the
best
and
most
advanced
students
use
them:
The
Writing
Centre
offers
individual
consultation
on
all
aspects
of
writing.
Appointments
are
required.
They
can
be
found
at
Redpath
Main,
Room
#02,
398-‐7109
[http://www.mcgill.ca/mwc/]
The
Office
for
Students
with
Disabilities
(OSD)
provides
a
broad
range
of
support
and
services
to
assist
students,
faculty,
and
staff
with
disabilities.
They
are
located
in
Room
RS56,
Redpath
Library
Bldg.,
398-‐6009
(voice),
398-‐8198
(TTY),
[http://www.mcgill.ca/osd/].
Counseling
Services
provides
personal,
academic,
and
career
counseling
to
undergraduate
and
graduate
students.
They
also
offer
workshops
on
study
skills,
multiple
choice
exams,
test
anxiety/stress
management.
They
can
be
found
at
suite
4200
Brown
Student
Services
Bldg,
398-‐
3601
[http://www.mcgill.ca/counselling/].
An
additional
list
of
workshops
can
be
found
at
[http://www.mcgill.ca/counselling/workshops/].
4
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_12/boyd/index.html
Producing
Yourself
Online
Banet-‐Weiser,
Sarah.
“Branding
the
Post-‐Feminist
Self:
Girls’
Video
Production
and
YouTube.”
In
Mediated
Girlhoods:
New
Explorations
of
Girls’
Media
Culture,
ed.
Mary
Celeste
Kearney,
277-‐294.
New
York:
Peter
Lang,
2011.
Fashion
Theory
Kamamura,
Yuniya.
“Adoption
and
Consumption
of
Fashion.”
In
Fashionology:
An
Introduction
to
Fashion
Studies,
89-‐104.
New
York:
Berg,
2005.
Polhemus,
Ted.
“Trickle
Down,
Bubble
Up.
In
The
Fashion
Reader,
eds
Linda
Welters
and
Abby
Lillethun,
327-‐331.
New
York:
Berg,
2007.
Part
2:
Formations
of
Communication
2A:
Understanding
Technology
Making
Stuff
Happen,
or
“Wait,
I
thought
we
were
supposed
to
read
McLuhan
in
this
class?”
Latour,
Bruno
(as
“Jim
Johnson”).
"Mixing
Humans
and
Nonhumans
Together:
The
Sociology
of
a
Door-‐Closer."
Social
Problems
35,
no.
1
(1988):
298-‐310.
Infrastructures
Parks,
Lisa
“Around
the
Antenna
Tree:
The
Politics
of
Infrastructural
Visibility”
FlowTV
9:9
(2009):
http://flowtv.org/2009/03/around-‐the-‐antenna-‐tree-‐the-‐politics-‐of-‐
infrastructural-‐visibilitylisa-‐parks-‐uc-‐santa-‐barbara/
Blum,
Andrew,
“Netscapes:
Tracing
the
Journey
of
a
Single
Bit”
Wired
Magazine
17:12
(2009):
http://www.wired.com/magazine/ff_internetplaces/all/
Starosielski,
Nicole,
“Beaches,
Fields
and
other
Networked
Environments,”
Octopus
Journal
5
(2011):
http://www.theoctopusjournal.org/storage/volume-‐5/V5_Starosielski.pdf
Cultural
Reverse-‐Engineering
Balsamo,
Anne.
“Taking
Culture
Seriously
in
the
Age
of
Innovation.”
Designing
Culture:
The
Technocultural
Imagination
at
Work,
1-‐17.
Durham:
Duke
University
Press,
2011.
Technological
Politics:
Case
Studies
Faulkner,
Tony.
“FM:
Frequency
Modulation
or
Fallen
Man?”
in
Radiotext(e),
edited
by
Neil
Strauss,
61-‐65.
New
York:
Semiotext(e),
1993.
Goggin,
Gerard
and
Christopher
Newell.
“Disabling
Cell
Phones.”
In
The
Cell
Phone
Reader,
edited
by
Anandam
Kavoori
and
Noah
Arceneaux,
155-‐172.
New
York:
Peter
Lang,
2006.
2B:
Follow
the
Money
The
Media
Concentration
Argument
Foster,
John
Bellamy
and
Robert
W.
McChesney.
“The
Internet’s
Unholy
Marriage
to
Capitalism.”
Monthly
Review
62:10
(2011):
http://monthlyreview.org/2011/03/01/the-‐internets-‐unholy-‐marriage-‐to-‐
capitalism
You’re
a
Commodity
(sort
of)
6
Lee,
Micky.
“Google
Ads
and
the
Blindspot
Debate.”
Media,
Culture
and
Society
33:3
(2011):
433-‐447.
You’re
an
Agent
(sort
of)
Jenkins,
Henry.
“Buying
Into
American
Idol:
How
We
Are
Being
Sold
on
Reality
TV.”
In
Convergence
Culture:
Where
Old
and
New
Media
Collide,
59-‐92
(notes
263-‐266).
New
York:
New
York
University
Press,
2006.
The
Economics
of
Participation
Terranova,
Tiziana.
“Free
Labor:
Producing
Culture
for
the
Digital
Economy.”
Electronic
Book
Review
(2003):
available
online
at
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/technocapitalism/voluntary
2C:
The
Materiality
of
Ideas
Redefining
“Ownership”:
the
Intellectual
Property
Problem
Vaidhyanathan,
Siva.
“Introduction.”
In
Copyrights
and
Copywrongs:
The
Rise
of
Intellectual
Property
and
How
It
Threatens
Creativity,
1-‐17
(notes
191-‐194).
New
York:
New
York
University
Press,
2001.
Gillespie,
Tarleton.
“The
Politics
of
‘Platforms.’”
New
Media
and
Society
12:3
(2010):
347-‐
364.
The
Brand:
Commodity,
Identity,
Touchstone
Klein,
Naomi.
“New
Branded
World”
and
“Alt.Everything:
The
Youth
Market
and
the
Marketing
of
Cool.”
In
No
Logo:
Taking
Aim
at
the
Brand
Bullies,
3-‐26
and
63-‐85
(notes
447-‐48
and
449-‐51).
New
York:
Picador,
1999.
Late
papers
will
be
penalized
1/3
of
a
letter
grade
per
day
that
they
are
late,
including
weekends
(e.g.,
a
2-‐day
late
B+
paper
counts
as
a
B-‐).
Late
assignments
will
be
“excused”
only
in
exceptional
and
unavoidable
circumstances.
To
get
a
late
assignment
excused
after
the
fact,
you
must
submit
(a)
one
typed,
double-‐spaced
page
explaining
the
reason
for
missing
the
deadline,
and
(b)
relevant
documentation
such
as
an
official
doctor’s
note
on
letterhead.
The
written
(not
emailed)
request
for
an
excuse
must
be
in
the
professor’s
hands
within
one
week
after
the
scheduled
due
date
and
it
is
entirely
your
responsibility
to
provide
sufficient
documentation.
Note
that
instructors
are
not
permitted
to
make
special
arrangements
for
final
exams.
Please
consult
the
Calendar,
section
4.7.2.1,
General
University
Information
and
Regulations
for
more
on
the
final.
6.
Grades
and
Appeals
We
take
grades
very
seriously
because
we
know
you
do.
We
do
not
give
out
grades
over
email
or
the
telephone.
We
cannot
even
disclose
that
you
are
enrolled
in
the
course
to
third
parties,
including
your
parents,
roommates,
boy/girlfriend/spouse,
pets,
etc.
Should
you
wish
to
dispute
a
mark,
it
must
be
done
according
to
the
grade
appeal
policy
on
the
course
website.
Keep
in
mind
that
“A”
grades
are
awarded
for
superior
(and
not
merely
sufficient)
performance.
Although
there
is
no
quota,
an
“A”
is
a
truly
superior
grade
in
this
course.
Most
years,
20-‐25%
of
the
enrolled
students
earned
an
A
or
A-‐
semester
grade.
Also
keep
in
mind
that
disputes
over
written
work
seldom
result
in
an
elevated
mark
and
can
result
in
a
lower
mark
(if
you
ask
for
your
assignment
to
be
regraded,
the
grade
can
go
up
or
down).
7.
Language
The
language
of
instruction
at
McGill
University
is
English.
However,
you
are
allowed
to
submit
your
work
in
French.
8.
Accommodations
If
you
require
special
testing
accommodations
or
other
classroom
modifications,
please
notify
both
the
professor
and
Office
for
Students
with
Disabilities
by
the
end
of
the
first
week
in
which
you
are
enrolled
in
the
course.
They
are
located
in
Room
RS56,
Redpath
Library
Bldg.,
398-‐6009
(voice),
398-‐8198
(TTY),
[http://www.mcgill.ca/osd/].
9.
Nondiscrimination
Statement
Your
teachers
value
equality
of
opportunity,
and
human
dignity
and
diversity.
In
accordance
with
University
policy,
we
will
not
tolerate
discrimination
or
harassment
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
ethnic
or
national
origin,
civil
status,
religion,
creed,
political
convictions,
language,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
social
condition,
age,
personal
handicap
or
the
use
of
any
means
to
palliate
such
a
handicap.
Among
other
things,
this
means
that
you
do
not
have
to
agree
with
your
teacher,
the
assigned
readings,
or
the
majority
of
your
classmates
in
order
to
do
well
in
this
course.
You
are,
however,
obligated
to
demonstrate
an
understanding
of
the
course
material
whether
or
not
you
agree
with
it.
If
there
is
something
we
can
do
to
make
the
class
more
hospitable,
please
let
us
know.
10.
Cheating,
Plagiarism
and
Exam
Conduct
Since
we
take
grades
seriously,
we
also
take
academic
integrity
very
seriously.
Failure
to
follow
procedure
or
a
direct
request
from
your
prof
or
TA
during
a
quiz
or
exam
can
result
in
immediate
failure
of
the
exam.
Use
of
any
communication
devices
other
than
your
pen
or
pencil
is
forbidden
during
an
in-‐class
quiz.
Please
note
that
taking
out
an
electronic
communication
device
(or
talking)
during
a
quiz
or
exam
is
considered
cheating
–
per
Chapter
3,
Section
A.III.16
of
the
McGill
Handbook
of
Student
Rights
and
Responsibilities.
And
now,
McGill’s
official
language
regarding
plagiarism
and
cheating:
9
McGill
University
values
academic
integrity.
Therefore
all
students
must
understand
the
meaning
and
consequences
of
cheating,
plagiarism
and
other
academic
offences
under
the
code
of
student
conduct
and
disciplinary
procedures
(see
www.mcgill.ca/integrity
for
more
information).
L'université
McGill
attache
une
haute
importance
à
l’honnêteté
académique.
Il
incombe
par
conséquent
à
tous
les
étudiants
de
comprendre
ce
que
l'on
entend
par
tricherie,
plagiat
et
autres
infractions
académiques,
ainsi
que
les
conséquences
que
peuvent
avoir
de
telles
actions,
selon
le
Code
de
conduite
de
l'étudiant
et
des
procédures
disciplinaires
(pour
de
plus
amples
renseignements,
veuillez
consulter
le
site
www.mcgill.ca/integrity).
11.
Special
Required
Emergency
Syllabus-‐Eraser
Clause
In
the
event
of
extraordinary
circumstances
beyond
the
University’s
control,
the
content
and/or
evaluation
scheme
in
this
course
is
subject
to
change.
12.
What
This
Class
Was
Predicted
to
be
Like
in
1935
Thanks:
Ellie
Marshall,
Dylan
Mulvin,
Emily
Raine